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Understanding Video File Types: Codecs, Containers, and Outputs

TechSmith Camtasia

It gives you much smaller file sizes with minimal quality loss. In order to compress a video, your file must also have a corresponding codec. The codec of your original video file is often determined by your camera or screen recorder, which you may or may not have control over in your camera settings.

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Video File Formats, Codecs, and Containers Explained

TechSmith Camtasia

However, be aware that the higher the bit rate, the larger the file size. You can see an example below in TechSmith Camtasia : In addition to a codec, each video file has a container. MP4 is more popular than other file formats because of the way it is compatible with both online and mobile browsers.

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How to convert a PowerPoint to SCORM

LearnUpon

Microsoft Office’s vehicle for presentations, PowerPoint, is the de facto standard. For example, a PowerPoint file with a lot of slides becomes bulky in file size – this makes it hard to distribute to large numbers of users. There are other formats such as AICC, xAPI, but SCORM is still the dominant player.

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Recording PowerPoint Presentations like a Pro: Geetesh’s 13 Tips for Creating Great PowerPoint Slides

TechSmith Camtasia

Microsoft PowerPoint and TechSmith Camtasia have long been friends. Geetesh has been awarded the Microsoft PowerPoint MVP (Most Valuable Professional) every year for 15 years now, making him the longest serving MVP in India. Arial at a larger point size tends to work well, but do an experiment and find out what works best for you.

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Mobile Content Management Solutions: Why Simple File Storage Is Inadequate

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When most people think of mobile content management, they think of content repositories , some of the most popular in business being: Microsoft Sharepoint. All of these file repositories do have iOS and Android apps, so they can qualify as mobile content management solutions. Popular Mobile File Repositories. Google Drive.

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Evolving the E-Learning Experience for the 21st Century

eLearning 24-7

The growing number of businesses leaving Microsoft Outlook to Internet e-mail is amazing. Virtual desktops not only mimic a desktop on a cpu, but they include such things as a calendar, clock, media player, wallpaper background, desktop icons, online storage, word processing, high file size upload (some go up to 150mb per file) and e-mail.

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Rapid Authoring Tips to Tackle Legacy Flash eLearning Content

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Rebuilding in Microsoft PowerPoint. Flash content also poses a security risk if the required plug-in Player is not regularly updated. Rapid recording is easy with Microsoft PowerPoint, but you need to give your team enough time to get it done. Building in Microsoft PowerPoint. Rebuilding legacy Flash eLearning content.